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Show I NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS IS THEE I OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE H Regular Army of 141,843, Supplemented by Force of 400,000 H Trained Citizens Is Urged Gravest Menace to the Peace H of the Country Comes from Disloyal Foreign-Born H Citizens Plan for Larger Navy Outlined. E Washington, Dec. 7. President Wilson WM today delivered his nnnunl messngu nt n 1 joint session of tlio two Iiouhos ot con- mM gross. He mild In part:" B Hlnco I Inst had the privilege of ftd- dressing you on the stnto of tlio Union tlio war of nations on the other side of the sen, which hail then only begun to dlsclosu Its portentous proportions, has n extended Its threatening und , sinister scopo until It tins swept within Its (tunic some j portion of every qunrtcr of tho Klobo, not mWt excepting our hemisphere, hns nltercd tho wholo fiiee of International nffulrs, und kV now presents n prospect of rcorgunlKit- ftW tlon nnd reconstruction such ns stntcs- H men and peoples huvo never been culled, H upon to uttompt before. H Wo huvo stood apart, studiously neutral. B, It was our manifest duty to do so. In Hj tho day of readjustment nnd recuporu- Hv llon wo earnestly hopu und bcllcvu that mm ". ,vo can lM5 ot Infinite service H ""S In t,,Ia ncl"r",ltyi to which they woro WU 'v bidden not only by their separate llfo and H , Siu. l'olr habitual dctaclununt from tho poll-Mm poll-Mm A'fe f Europo but also by a clear per-Mmk per-Mmk V-vCpptlpn of International duty, tlio states H '' '"Afnrfrlca have become conscious of a mA nVw tirul moru vital community of inter- H cslfnd moral partnership In affairs, mora j cleuVly conscious ot tlio many common H sympathies and Interests and duties which ;- bid tlcm stand together. H WoViuvo been put to tlio test In tlio enso K of Mdblco, nnd wo huvo stood tho test. H Whcthqr wo Imvo benefited Mexico by H tho eouYso wo Imvo pursued remains to J bo Bccn.l Hur fortunes aro In her own H V hands, it lit wo have at least proved that J wo will not take iidvnntUKn of hur In her J distress find undertnko to Imposo upon J ' her an order and government of our own J ihooslngJ H Wo will aid and befriend Mexico, but J' we will (not coerce her; nnd our courso B with reward to her ought to bo sulllclent proof to nil America that we seek no po- mU' iltlcnl suzerainty or selfish control, M J Not Hostile Rivals. H Tho moral Is, that tho slates of Amor- B leu are not hostllo rivals, but co-oper- k ntlng friends, und that their growing Jk. sense of community of Interest, alike In k matters political and In matters cconom- k Ic, Is likely to glvo them a new Hignlfl- k rnnco as factors In International affairs m. and In tho political history of tho world. VMRBOi It present them as In a very deep nnd H true sense u unit In world affairs, splr- H Itunl partners, standing together becnuso BBJ thinking- together, quick with common BBJ sympathies and common Ideals. Separat- BH fd. thoy are subject to all the cross cur- BH rents of tho confused politics of a world BBJ of hostllo rivalries; united In spirit and PH purposo they cannot bo disappointed of BH their peaceful destiny. BH Tills Is I'an-Amerlcanlsm. It hns nono BH of the spirit of empire In It. It Is tho em- BH bodlmont, the effectual embodiment, of BBJ the spirit of law nnd Independence und BV liberty and mutual service. BBJ There Is, I venture to point out, nn espe- BBJ clnl slgnlflcunra Just now nttachlug to BH this wholo inntter of drawing tho Amor- BBJ leas togothor In bonds of honorable part- BBJ ncrshlp nnd mutual udvantngo becuuso of BBJ the cconomlo readjustments which tlio BH world must tnevltnbly witness within the BH noxt generation, whan poaco shall hnvo BH st last resumed Its healthful tasks. In BBJ the performance of theso tusks I bellevo BBJ tho Americas to bo destined to piny their BBJ parts together. I am Interested to fix BBJ your attention on this prospect now bo- BBJ enuso unless you take It within your BBJ view nnd permit tho full significance of BBp It to command your thought I cannot BBJ find the tight light In which to sot forth BH tho particular matter that lies at tlio BBJ very front of my wholo thought as I ad- BJ dress you today. 1 mean national do-BBJ do-BBJ H Might to Maintain Right. M Out of such thoughts grow all our poll- BBJ rles. Wo regard war merely ub a means BBJ of asserting tho rights of n peoplo against BBJ aggression. And we are ns fiercely Joal- BBJ ous of coercive or dictatorial power with- BBJ In our own nation ns of nggresslon from BBJ without. Wo will not maintain n stand- BBJ Ing army except for uses which are us BBJ necessury In times of peace as In times BBJ of war; and wo shall always cu to It BBJ that our mllltnry peace establishment Is BBJ . no longer than Is uctunlly and continuous- BBJ ly needed for tho usa of days In which BBJ no enemies move agnlnst us. nut wo BBJ do believe In a body of free citizens ready BBJ and sufficient to take cure of themselves BBJ und of the governments which they hnvo BBJ set up to serve them. In our constitutions BBJ themselves wo have commanded that "the BBJ right of the peoplo to keep nnd benr BBJ arms shall not be Infringed," and our BBJ confidence has been that our safety In BBJ times of danger would llo In the rising of BBJ the nntlon to take care of Itself, as the BBJ farmers icso at Lexington. Br' N nut war '"ls never tjcen a rnere matter BH of men nnd guns. It Is a thing of disci- BH pllned might. If our citizens are ever to BH fight effectively upon a sudden summons, BBJ they must know how modern fighting Is BH done, and what to do when the summons BBJ comes to rentier themselves Immediately BBJ nvallable nnd Immediately effective. And BH the government must be their servant In BBJ this matter, must supply them with the BBJ training they need to take cure of them- BJ selves and of It. The mllltnry arm of their BH government, which they will not allow to BBJ direct them, they may properly use to BBJ serve them and make their Independence BH secure and not their own Independence BBJ merely but the rights nlso of those with BBJ whom they nave made common causo, BH should they also be put In Jeopardy BBJ They must be fitted to play the grent PPJ role In the world, nnd particularly In this PPJ hemisphere, for which they are quail- BBS fled by principle and by chastened ninbl- BBBj tlon to pluv BBB It Is with these Ideals In mind that tho Bpfll plans of the department of war for more BH adequate national defense were conceived PH which will be laid before you, und which BN I urge you to sanction nnd put Into of- BBw feet as soon ns they can be properly scru- BBEH tlulzed und discussed Tliey seem to me jjjSw the tfssentlnl first steps, und they seem JBBj to me for the present sufllclent. H They contemplate an Increase of the PJBJj stundlng force of the regulur army from Its present strength of 6,023 ofTlccrs nnd 1O2.0S5 enlisted men of nil services to n strength of 7,13(5 officers nnd 131,707 enlisted en-listed men, or HI, 843, nil told, nil services, serv-ices, rank nnd file, by tho addition of C2 companies of coast nrtlllory, 15 companies com-panies of cnglncors, ten regiments of Infantry, In-fantry, four regiments of field artillery, nnd four noro squadrons, besides 760 oflU cers required for n great variety of oxtru service, especially tho nil-Important duty of training tho citizen forco of which I shall ptesuntly speak, 702 non-commls-sloncd officers for sorvlco In drill, recruiting recruit-ing nnd tho llko, nnd tho necessary quota of enlisted men for the qunrtermnstor corps, the hospital corps, tho ordnnnca department nnd other slmllnr auxiliary services. These aro tho additions noccs-sary noccs-sary to render the army adequate for Its present duties, duties which It has to perform not only upon our own continental conti-nental coasts and borders nnd nt our Interior In-terior nrmy posts, but nlso In tho Philippines, Phil-ippines, In tlio Hawaiian Islands, nt tho Isthmus, nnd In Porto Hlco. Force of Trained Citizens'. Ily way of mnklng tho country ready to assert somo part of Its real power promptly nnd upon a lurger scnlc, should occasion arlso, tho plan nlso contemplates supplementing tho nrmy by n forco of 400,000 disciplined citizens, raised In Increments Incre-ments of 133,000 a year throughout a po-rlod po-rlod of thrco yenrs. This It Is proposed to do by a process of enlistment under which the serviceable men of tho country coun-try would bo asked to bind thomsolves to servo with thn colors for purposes of training for short periods throughout thrco yenrs, nnd to como to tho colors at call at any tlmo throughout nn additional addi-tional "furlough" period of three yenrs, This forco of 400,000 men would bo provided pro-vided with personnl accoutrements nn fust ns enlisted nnd their equipment for the field made ready to bo supplied at nny time. They would be nsscmbled for training train-ing nt stntcd Intervnli nt convenient places In association with suitable units of tho regular army. Their period of annunl trnlnlng would not necessarily exceed ex-ceed two months In tho year. It would dopend upon the patriotic feeling feel-ing of the younger men of tho country whether thoy responded to such a call to service or not. It would depend upon the patriotic spirit ot the employers of tho country whether they mndo It possl-blo possl-blo for the younger men In their employ em-ploy to respond under favorable conditions condi-tions or not. I, for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion cither of our young men or of thoso who glvo them employmentthose employ-mentthose for wholo benefit und protection protec-tion they would In fuct enlist. I would look fnrwnrd to the success of such nn experiment with entire confidence. At least so much by way of preparation prepara-tion for defense seems to me to be absolutely ab-solutely Imperative now. Wo cannot do less. Program for the Navy. The program to be laid beforo you con templates the construction within five yenrs of 10 battleships, 6 battle cruisers, cruis-ers, 10 scout cruisers, CO destroyers, 15 Hoot submarines, S5 const submarines, four gunbonts, one hospital ship, two ammunition ships, two fuel-oil ships nnd ono repair ship. It ls proposed Hint of this number wo shall tho first year provide pro-vide for tho construction of two bnttlo-ships, bnttlo-ships, two bnttlo cruisers, threo scout cruisers, 15 destroyers, five fleet submarines, subma-rines, 25 coast submarines, two gunbonts, and ono hospital ship; the second year, two battleships, ono scout cruiser, ten destroyers, four lloet submarines, 15 coast submarines, ono gunboat, and ono fuel-oil fuel-oil ship; tho third year, two battleships, one battle cruiser two scout cruisers, five destroyers, two fleet submarines, and 15 const submarines', the fourth year, two battleships, two battle cruisers, two scout cruisers, ten desttoyors, two fleet bubmurlncs 15 roast submarines, one ammunition am-munition ship, und ono fuel-oil ship; nnd the fifth your, two battleships, one buttle cruiser, two scout crulscro, ten destroyers, destroy-ers, two fleet submarines, 15 coast submarines, subma-rines, ono gunboat, ono ammunition ship nnd one repair ship. The secretary of the navy Is asking nlso for tho Immedlnto addition to the personnel of tho nnvy of 7,500 sailors, 2.5CO apprentice seamen, und 1,500 marines This Increnso would be sulllclent to care for tho ships which are to be completed within tho llscnl year 1917 und nlso for tho number of men which must bo put In trnlnlng to man the ships which will be completed early In 1918. It Is nlso necessary neces-sary that the number of midshipmen at the naval academy at Annapolis should bo Increased by nt least 300 In order that the force of ofllcern should bo more rapidly rap-idly added to: and authority Is asked to appoint for engineering duties only, approved ap-proved graduates of engineering colleges, nnd tor service In the aviation corps n certnln number of men taken from civil life. ZI this full program should bo carried out we should have built or building In 1921, according to the estimates of' survival surviv-al and standards of clusslllcutlon followed by the general board of the department, 'an effoctlve navy consisting of 27 bnttlo-ships bnttlo-ships of the first line, six battle cruisers, 25 battleships of the second line, ten armored ar-mored cruisers, 13 scout cruisers, five first-class crulrers, threo second-class cruisers, ten third-class cruisers, 10S de-troyers, de-troyers, 18 lleut submarines, 157 const submarines, sub-marines, six monitors, 20 gunbontB, four supply ships, 15 fuel ships, four trans-orts, trans-orts, three tenders to torpedo vessels, eight vessels of special types, und two ammunition whips, This would be a navy fitted to our needs and worthy of our traditions. Trade and Shipping. nut nrmles und Instruments of wnr are only pntt of what hns to be considered If we are to consider the supremo matter of national self-sufllclency and security In nil Its aspects There aro other great mutters which will be thrust upon our attention at-tention whether we will or not. There ls, for example, a very pressing question of trnde und shipping Involved In this great pioblem of notional ndequney. It Is neeetisary for many weighty reusons of national efTlclency nnd development that wo should have a grent merchant marine. ma-rine. The greut merchant fleet we once used to make us rich, that great body ot sturdy sailors who used to carry our flag Into every sen, nnd who wero tho pride nnd often the bulwark of tho nation, we have nlmost driven out of existence by Inexcusable neglect nnd Indifference nnd by a hopelessly blind and provincial policy pol-icy of so-called economic protection. It Is high time we repaired our mistake nnd resumed our commercial Independence on the sens, Kor It Is n question of Independence. If other tuitions go to wnr or seek to bumper each other's commerce, our merchants, mer-chants, It seems, nro at their mercy, to do with as thoy please. Wo must use their ships, and use them ns they determine. deter-mine. Wo have not ships enough of our own. Wo ennnot hnndlo our own commerce com-merce on the sens. Our Independence Is provincial, nnd Is only on land nnd within with-in our own borders. Wo nro not likely to bo permitted to use oven the ships of other nations In rivalry of their own trnde, nnd nre without means to extend our commerce even where the doors nro wide open nnd our goods desired, fiueh a situation Is not to be endured. It Is of capital Importance not only that tho United States should be Its own carrier on tho seus nnd enjoy tho economic Independence In-dependence which only nn ndequato merchant mer-chant mnrlno would glvo It, but nlso that tho American hemisphere as n wholo should enjoy a like Independence nnd self-sufllclency, self-sufllclency, If It Is not to be drnwn Into tho tnnglo of European nffnlrs, Without such Independence the wholo question of our political unity nnd self-dctormlnntlon !s very seriously clouded nnd complicated Indeed, Moreover, we ran develop no true or effective ef-fective Atnerlcnn policy without ships of our own not ships of wnr, but ships of pence, carrying goods nnd currying much more: creating friendships nnd rendering render-ing Indispensable services to all Interests on this side of tho water. Thoy must move constantly back and forth between the Americas, They nro the only shuttles that enn wenvc the delicate fabric ot sympathy, comprehension, confidence nnd mutual, dciictvdcnco In which we clothe our policy of America for Americans, en i pa are neeaea. With a view to meeting these pressing necessities of our commcrco and avnlllng ourselves nt the earliest possible moment of tho presont unparalleled opportunity of linking tho two Amerlcns togothor In bonds of mutual Interest nnd scrvlco, an opportunity which tuny novor return again If we miss It now, proposals will be tnado to tho present congress for tho purchase or construction of ships to bo owned nnd directed by tho government slmllnr to thoso made to the last congress, con-gress, but modified In somo essential particulars. par-ticulars. I recommend theso proposals to you for your prompt acccptanco with tho more confldenco becnuso every month that has elapsed slnco the former proposals pro-posals were mndo has made the necessity for such action more and more manifestly mani-festly Imperative Question of Finance. The plans for tho nrmed forces of the nation which I have outlined, and for tho general policy of adequato preparation prepara-tion for mobilization and defense, Involve In-volve of courso very largo additional expenditures ex-penditures of money expenditures which will considerably exceed the estimated revenues ot the government. It Is made my duty by law, wr.-nevcr the estimates of expenditure exceed the cstlmntes of revenue to call the attention of the congress con-gress to tho fact and suggest any means of meeting tho deficiency that It may be wso or possible for me to suggest. 1 am ready to believe that It would be my duty to do so In any cubo; und I feel particularly particu-larly bound to speak of tho matter when It appears that tho deficiency will arlso directly out of the adoption by the congress con-gress of measures which I myself urge It to adopt. Allow me, therefore, to speak briefly of the present state of tho troasury nnd of the fiscal problems which tho next year will probably- dls-closn. dls-closn. On tho thirtieth of Juno last there was an nvatlablo balanco In the gcncrnl fund of tho treusury of JIOt,170,10o.78. Tho total to-tal estimated receipts for tho year 1916, on tho assumption that tho emergency revenue measure passed by tho last congress con-gress will not bo extended beyond Its present limit, the thirty-first of Decom-her, Decom-her, 1915. nnd that tho present duty of ono cent per pound on sugar will be discontinued dis-continued after tho first of May, 1916, will bo $670,365,500. Tho balance of Juno Inst and theso estimated revenues come, therefore, to a grand totnl of J774.535.C05.78. The total ostlmated disbursements for tho present fiscal year. Including S25.000.000 for thu Panama cnnnl. J12.000.000 for probable prob-able deficiency appropriations and $50,-000 $50,-000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions, will bo J753,S9),000: nnd tho balance In the general fund of tho treusury will bo re-ducod re-ducod to J20.6H, S05.78. Tho emergency revenue act. If continued beyond Its present pres-ent tlmo llmltntlon, would produce, during dur-ing tho half year then remnlnlng, about forty-one millions. Tho duty of one cent per pound on sugar, If continued, would produce during the two months of the fiscal yenr temnlnlng after the first "of May, about fifteen millions. Theso two sums, amounting together to J56,O00,O00, If ad led to the revenues of the second half of the fiscal yenr, would yield the treasury at tho end of the yenr an avail-nblo avail-nblo bnlnnce of J76.C4t.605.78. Tho additional revenues required to nrry out the program of military nnd naval preparation of which I have spoken, spok-en, would, as at present estimated, bo for the fiscal year 1917, J93.S00.0OO JIhoso figures, tnken with the figures for tho presont fiscal yenr which I have already given, disclose our ttnanclnl problem for the year 1917. How Bhull wo obtain the new revenue? It seems to mo n clear dictate of prudent pru-dent statesmanship and frank flnnnce thut In what we are now, I hope, about to undertuke we should pay as we go. The people of the country nro entitled to know Just what burdens of taxation they are to carry, and to know from tho outset, now. The new bills should be paid by Internal In-ternal taxation, To whnt sources, then, shall we turn? We would bo following nn nlmost universal uni-versal example of modern governments If we were to draw the greater part or even the whole of the revenues we need from tho Income tuxes. Xly somewhat lowering the present limits of exemption nnd the figure at which the surtax shall begin to be Imposed, and by Increasing, step by ntep throughout the present graduation, grad-uation, the surtax Itself, the Income tnxes as at present apportioned would yield sums suftlclent to bnlnnce the books of tho treusury at the end of the flscul year 1917 without anywhere making the burden bur-den unreasonably or oppressively heavy. The precise reckonings nre fully nnd nc--urntely set out In tho report of the secretary sec-retary of the treasury, which will be Itn-mediately Itn-mediately laid beforo you. And there are tunny additional sources of revenue which eanOustly be resorted to without hampering tho Industries of tho country or putting any too great charge upon Individual expenditure. A one per cent tax per gallon on gasoltnft nnd nnptlm would yield, at the present estimated production, J10,000,000j a tax of W cents per horsepower en automobiles and lntcrnnt explosion engines, JIS.OOO.OOO. n stamp tax on bank checks, probably $18,000,000; a tnx of 25 conts per ton or, pig Iron, $10,000,000, a tax of 50 cents per ton on fnbrlcatcd Iron nnd steel, probably proba-bly $10,000,000, In a country of great Industries In-dustries llko this It &ught to bo easy te distribute the burdens of taxation without with-out molting them nnywhere bear too heavily or too exclusively upon nny one sot of persons or undertakings. What Is clear Is. that the Industry of this generation gener-ation should puy the bills of this generation. genera-tion. The Danger Within. I have spoken to you todny, gentlemen, upon a single theme, tho thorough preparation prep-aration of tho nntlon to care for Its own security nnd to mnke sure of entire freedom to play the. Impartial role In this hemisphere nnd in the world which we nil believe to huvo been providentially assigned to it, I hnvo had In mind no thought of nny immediate or particular dnnger arising out of our relations with other nations. We aro at peace with all the nations of the world, nnd there is reason to hope thnt no question In controversy con-troversy between this nnd other governments govern-ments will lend to any serious breach of nmicnblo relations, grave ns somo differences differ-ences of nttltude und policy havo bcon nnd mny yet turn out to be. 1 nm sorry to sny thnt tho gravest threats agnlnst our national pence nnd snfety hove been uttered within our own borders. Thcro are citizens of the United States, I blush to ndmlt, born under other lings but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to tho full freedom and opportunity of Amerlcn, who havo poured the poison of dlsloynlty Into tho very arteries of our nntlonnl llfo; who hnvo sought to bring the authority nnd good nnmo of our government gov-ernment into contempt, to destroy our industries in-dustries wherever thoy thought it effective effec-tive for their vindictive purposes to strike at them, nnd to' debase our politics to thn uses of foreign Intrigue. Their number Is not greut as compared with tho whole number of thoso sturdy hosts by which our notion has been enriched In recent goncrnllons out of virile foreign stocks; but It 1b grent enough to havo brought docp disgrace upon us and to hnvo mudo It necessary that wo should promptly make use of processes of law by which wo may bo purged of their corrupt distempers. dis-tempers. America never witnessed nny-thing nny-thing like this before. It nover dreamed It possible that men sworn Into Its own citizenship, men drawn out of great free stocks such as supplied some of tho best and strongest elements of thnt little, but how heroic, nation that In n high day of old staked Its very llfo to free Itself from every entanglement that had darkened tho fortunes of the older nations and sot up a new standard here that men of such origins und such frco choices of allegiance allegi-ance would evor turn In malign reaction against tho government nnd people who had welcomed and nurtured them and seek to mako this proud country once .r.ro a hotbed of Kuropcnn passion. A llttlo while ago such a thing would havo seemed Incredible. Decauso It was In-credlblo In-credlblo we made no preparation for It. We would have been almost ashamed to preparo for It, as if we were suspicious of ourselves, our own comrades and nelgnborsl Hut tho ugly and IncrodlbU has actually come about and wo are without with-out adequate .federal laws to deal with it. I urge you to ennct such laws at the earliest possible moment nnd feel that in so doing I nm urging you to do nothing noth-ing less than save the honor and self respect of the nation. Must Be Crushed Out. Such creatures of passion, disloyalty nnd anarchy must bo crushed out. They are not many, but they are Infinitely ma. llgnant, and the hand of our power should closo over them nt once. They have formed plots to destroy property, they havo entered Into conspiracies against th neutrality of tho government, they have sought to pry Into every confidential transaction of tho government In order to servo Interests alien to our own. It In possible to deal with theso things very effectually. I need not suggest the terms In which they may bo dealt with. I wish that It could bo said thut only a few men, misled by mistaken sentiment of nlleglanco to the governments untlci which thoy wore born, nnd been guilty ol disturbing tho self-possession nnd l3rcp-resenting l3rcp-resenting the temper and principles of the country during these days of terrible war, when It wouid seem that ovory man who was ttuly nn American would Instinctively In-stinctively mnke It his duty nnd his pride, to keep tho scnles of Judgment even nnd provo himself a partisan of no nntlon but his own. Hut It ennnot. Thcro nro somt men nmong us, nnd ninny resident abroad who, though born nnd bred in the United Unit-ed Stntes nnd culling themselves Americans, Amer-icans, hnvo so forgotten themslves und their honor ns citizens as to put theh passlounte sympathy with one or the other oth-er side in tho grent Kuropcnn conflict ubovo their rcgurd for tho peace nnd dig nlty of the United Stntes. Thoy nlso prench nnd prnctlra disloyalty. No lows, I suppose, can rench corruptions of thu mind and heart; but I should not speak, of others without also speaking of those nnd expressing tho even deeper humiliation humilia-tion nnd scorn which every self-possessed nnd thoughtfully patriotic American must feel when he thinks of them nnd of tin discredit they nre dally bringing upon us Transportation Problem. The transportation problem Is nn exceedingly ex-ceedingly serious und pressing one In this country. There bus from tlmo to time of late been renson to four thnt our rull-roads rull-roads would not much longer be able tc cope with It successfully ns at present equipped and co-ordlnntcd. I suggest that It would be wise to provide for 0 commission of Inquiry to nscertuln by n thorough canvass of thu whole question whether our laws us nt present framed and administered aro as serviceable nt thoy might be In the solution of tho problem. prob-lem. It Is obviously n problem thnt llet ut the very foundation of our eftlclonc.v ns a people Such an Inquiry ought tc draw out every circumstance nnd opinion worth considering nnd we need to know i.ll sides of the mutter if we nio'in to do anything In the field of federal legislation. legisla-tion. For whnt we nie seeking now, whnt In my mind Is the single thought of this message. Is national efficiency and security. se-curity. We serve a greut nation We should serve It in the spirit of Its pecullni genius. It Is the genius of common men for Self-government Industry, Justice, liberty lib-erty nnd pcare We should see to It that It Incks no Instrument, no facility or vigor of Inw, to make it ruffli-lent to pluy Its purl with energy, safety, und ussured success. In this we nre nonpartisans bui berulds nnd prophets of n new nge. |
